New Releases by Kathleen Duey

In 1892 Max and Jodi, young employees of a traveling circus, find their lives endangered when their train wrecks in a storm.

A brother and sister struggle to survive the rigors of Death Valley after their wagon breaks an axle and they set out alone to find help for their stranded family and injured father.

When the raging Mississippi threatens their secret cache of hard-earned nickels and pennies, Molly and her white friend Garrett risk their lives to retrieve the money.

When twelve-year-old Maggie attempts to rescue Hadyn during a sudden blizzard in the Colorado mountains in 1886, both cousins change their minds about each other.

Can two kids survive the biggest disaster of 1906? Find out in this gripping tale of historical fiction, part of the Survivors series. Brendan O’Connor is delivering pastries to the bustling businesses and elegant hotels of San Francisco, dreaming that someday he will be part of that life. Li Dai Yue is running from the isolated security of Chinatown, distraught over the marriage her uncle has arranged for her. Chance throws them together on the day of the San Francisco earthquake. Can two strangers from such different worlds work together to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos?

While spreading flames threaten to cut off all possibility of escape from the Chicago fire of 1871, twelve-year-old Nate attempts to save a wealthy young girl and to return home safely.

After many trials and much adversity, the faeries have returned to their meadow home, but Lord Dunraven vows that they must not remain.

Faerie princess Alida and Gavin, the human boy who helped her escape from Lord Dunraven’s castle, are desperate to find Alida’s family, now living in a hidden place where the banished faerie community has resettled. Alida and Gavin’s friendship grows stronger as they face cold and rain and the constant threat of Lord Dunraven’s guards. And now that Alida’s escape has put the fragile peace between Lord Dunraven and the faeries in jeopardy, will her family welcome her?

Unicorns are now free, but other magical folk are still in hiding—except for one faerie, Alida, who is a prisoner in Lord Dunraven’s castle. That is, until she escapes and a fierce struggle begins. Alida fights to free the faeries from the terrible promise they were forced to make to Lord Dunraven—but Lord Dunraven is desperate to continue denying his people the hope they derive from the existence of magical beings.

Tahi, a young dolphin, learns how to survive by following her mother''s guidance until she is old enough to rely on herself.

In the second volume of this powerful trilogy, Somiss, exiled and desperate, hoards the magic he is recovering from ancient documents while Sadima and Franklin struggle to contain his egomaniacal ambitions by secretly recording the magic, hoping to share it with humankind. Generations later, Hahp and Gerrard, students at Somiss’s brutal academy, endure the painful ordeals used to “teach” magic. Their tenuous pact, forged to survive, falters as they plot to destry Somiss, the school . . . and set magic free.

Heart continues to try to find her real family while protecting her unicorn friends from Lord Dunraven.

Part of the My Animal Family Series, "Nanuq: A Baby Polar Bear''s Story" features award-winning BBC video on a DVD inside the book and a code allowing access to an interactive Web site and club. In this title, Nanuq learns to be a responsible member of her family.

Living in a world where magic is outlawed, Sadima''s special gift to speak to the animals binds her to two young men who are determined to restore magic to their poor village in order to save the people they love. Reprint.

Korow, a young chimpanzee, learns to climb on his own and reach the fruit at the top of a tree.

In the beautiful armor Joseph Lequire has created for Moonsilver, no one can tell he is a unicorn. It''s safe for Heart to travel to Bidenfast, where she hopes to find her Gypsy friends. But the streets are jammed with people in town for the crowning of the new Lord Irmaedith, and the young lord himself takes a special interest in the unicorns. Will Heart be able to keep her secret?

It has been a long, hard winter, and the Gypsies are glad to be leaving Lord Levin''s mountains for the sunny plains of Lord Kaybale''s lands. But that means time is running out for Heart. The old stories say that Castle Avamir is higher than the clouds, deep in a valley, under the stars, and over the moon. It makes no sense -- but if Heart can''t solve the riddle, she might never find a safe haven for her beloved unicorns.

The year is 1875, and twelve-year-old orphan Margret and her sister, Libby, are living with the kind Mrs. Fredriksen in her sod house in rural Littleton, Colorado. Margret would be happy to stay forever, but she knows that Libby, with her basic distrust of anyone other than Margret, will have them moving soon enough. Then a tornado sweeps through, bringing with it an injured horse. Immediately Margret lays claim to the horse, naming him Flynn, nursing him back to health, and teaching herself to ride. Now more than ever, Margret yearns for some stability in her life. Somehow, she’s got to find a way to convince Libby to stay so she can make Flynn hers. Powerfully written and historically accurate, this is a great addition to the series that’s tailor-made for girls who love horses and historical fiction.

The young band of adventurers returns innbsp;another action-packed trip into the past—this time back to the American West. When the Time Soldiers go through the portal to the 1860s, they find themselves not just watching the historic, breakneck rides of the pony express but alsonbsp;saddling up with the riders to carry Abraham Lincoln''s inaugural address across 2,000 miles of wilderness. While the travelers lend a handnbsp;in the past, they are watchednbsp;by mysterious men in dark suits who follow and wait, lurking at the margins of theirnbsp;time-bending trips. With engaging graphic design and a mix of history and fantasy, these tales of adventure and mystery will keep young readers glued to the pages.

When a T. rex invades the present day through a time portal, the Time Soldiers kids struggle to keep the raging dinosaur from harming anyone.

The Time Soldiers journey to ancient Japan and encounter an elderly Samuarai who has one regret.

After replacing the three oldest members of their group with new recruits, the Time Soldiers enter the portal and travel to England in the Middle Ages, where they face a dragon and an angry knight as they help the future King Arthur to reach the sword inthe stone.

When foundling Heart Avamir rescues a scarred, malnourished mare she finds in the forest, her life is changed forever - especially after the mare gives birth to a foal that turns out to be a unicorn. To protect the mare and her magical foal, Heart must leave her village and embark on a quest that will not only reveal the unicorn''s secret, but raise tantalizing mysteries about Heart''s own history.

Coming closer with each step to solving the mystery of the glowing green stones scattered across time, the Time Soldiers face the twisting passages of an Egyptian pyramid, a boy pharaoh who wants to keep them prisoner, and a mummy that guards the way home.

The second book in the Hoofbeats series focusing on Lara! Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara''s life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare.

Coming closer with each step to solving the mystery of the glowing green stones scattered across time, the Time Soldiers face the twisting passages of an Egyptian pyramid, a boy pharaoh who wants to keep them prisoner, and a mummy that guards the way home.

Katie continues her journey to Fort Laramie, but is disappointed when she is unable to find her uncle.

Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the ri - the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cows, her heart lies with her beloved grey mare. Lara dreams that the mare''s foal might one day be hers. But she knows that girls aren''t allowed to keep horses-in fourteenth century Ireland, that is a boy''s job. When her clan is raided and the mare is stolen, Lara is devastated. What will become of the mare-and her foal? Lara prays with all of her heart, and hopes beyond hope, that the fates will bring the mare back to her . . .